CVE-2024-50576
Published: 28 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-50576 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Jetbrains Youtrack. Its CVSS base score is 4.6 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 4.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability is a stored cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79) in JetBrains YouTrack versions prior to 2024.3.47707. It arises when an attacker supplies a malicious vendor URL inside an App manifest, allowing persistent script execution within the application.
An authenticated user with low privileges can exploit the issue over the network by crafting a malicious manifest. Successful exploitation requires user interaction such as viewing the affected App, after which the attacker can read limited data or perform limited actions on behalf of the victim while the scope remains unchanged.
JetBrains has addressed the issue in the 2024.3.47707 release, as noted in their published list of resolved security issues. The current and peak EPSS score of 0.2166 indicates moderate and stable exploitation interest since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-44957
Vulnerability details
In JetBrains YouTrack before 2024.3.47707 stored XSS was possible via vendor URL in App manifest
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.